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THE LOOKS THAT KILL: GOD FORBID’S DOC COYLE ON THE ROLE OF IMAGE IN MUSIC

Doc Coyle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:30:32 +0000

I am going to assume that a decent portion of the followers of this site are themselves musicians with bands of their own. That is generally how it goes with metal. There are seamless lines blurred between the “fans” and the “bands” because, like myself, many metal patrons represent both categories. Without this large sector [...]

GET TO KNOW YOUR NU-GN’R

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:00:28 +0000

I’ve been getting a lot reader e-mails this week about the various goings-on with GN’R’s current South American tour, but I just can’t seem to bring myself to write about them. It’s all the usual bullshit that seems to follow Axl Rose wherever he goes: he doesn’t show up for a gig, and chaos ensues; [...]

MORE BYZANTINE REUNION FOOTAGE

Vince Neilstein — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:53 +0000

In case you, like me, are still sour about not being able to attend any of the three Byzantine reunion shows in their home stage of West Virginia — or even if you did attend and had an out-of-body experience — here are a couple of more fan-filmed live videos. These two were shot at [...]

FOR ONCE I LIKE THE VIDEO MORE THAN THE SONG: AT WAR’S “MAKE A MOVE”

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:46 +0000

I originally saw “Make a Move” at The Deciblog, where Chris Dick rightly notes that “At War get all Adam Jones” for this video. And this is a rare instance where I think the video is better than the song. The animation is sweet, but I can’t stand the vocals. Watch for yourself and let us [...]

SHANE GIBSON BRINGS A TOUCH OF TALENT TO KORN

Vince Neilstein — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:49 +0000

I’m always fascinated when dudes with genuine musical talented take gigs with bands that are far below their level. I mean, it makes perfect sense; band needs a fill-in member or hired gun and someone else in the band / their label / their management knows someone who knows someone who can learn the material [...]

TOO GOOD FOR WORDS: BTBAM, CYNIC, DEVY LIVE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO

Anso DF — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:19 +0000

Photos by Adam Haussman My bosses at MetalSucks love me for my looks, but by now Vince (pictured here) and Axl (here) know that my dazzling physical gifts are accompanied by a lot of blown deadlines and indecipherable twaddle about the band Junkyard and drugs. To compensate, I help out with dropped assignments and try to [...]

PALE SKETCHER: ANOTHER JUSTIN BROADRICK PROJECT!

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:59 +0000

Reader Jon Leone just pointed us towards this post on the blog of the legendary Justin Broadrick, announcing yet another project in the works – this one called Pale Sketcher. Broadrick writes: “Pale Sketcher is intended as a vehicle for me to explore, exclusively and in more detail, the ‘electronica’ side of jesu [sic]. “It occurred [...]

MARCH IS METAL MONTH: BOB COCK INTERVIEWS DESTRÖYER 666′S IAN SHRAPNEL

Bob Cock — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:18 +0000

What the hell does this interview have to do with March is Metal Month? We’re not entirely sure, to be honest. But it was offered to us as part of that ongoing event, and we wanted to do it! So we hope you enjoy. – Eds. Deströyer 666 put out one of the best thrash/death/black/whatever you [...]

DANKO JONES ARE “FULL OF REGRET”

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:30:50 +0000

Danko Jones are one of those bands where people say to me sometimes, “Hey, Axl, I think you’d really like Danko Jones,” and then I go and listen to the band and I think, “Gee, that person must not know me very well.” They’re not terrible, but there are some wwwwaaaaayyyy better hard rock bands [...]

DO YOU LIKE CORPSE PAINT? DO YOU LIKE NAKED LADIES? WELL THEN YOU’LL LOVE THIS…

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:30 +0000

You all know who Jeremy Saffer’s work, whether your realize it or not. He’s one of the most successful photographers in the metal world. You should visit his website if the name isn’t ringing any bells. You can also follow him on Twitter. I mention Saffer now because I just read on Blabbermouth that his latest [...]

DAVE GROHL NEEDS FRESH POT?!? OH, FRESH POTS. NEVVVVVVER MIND.

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:03 +0000

Reader Shane Gillis sent in this video, which appears to be a bunch of clips strung together of an obviously overcaffeinated Dave Grohl in the studio with Them Crooked Vultures (who are pretty “meh” even by “meh” supergroup standards). And while, on the one hand, it’s pretty funny, on the other hand, I know that [...]

OTEP’S “RISE, REBEL, RESIST” VIDEO: SARAH PALIN GETS TRAPPED IN A SAW MOVIE

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:03 +0000

There’s a lyric in this song that goes “I feel uninspired,” and watching the video, I know what Otep means. I really, really want to like her music as much as I like her (our politics are very similar, although I suspect she’s even further left than I am), but what a mess of metal [...]

DID BLACK SABBATH RIP-OFF THE SCORPIONS?

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:30:04 +0000

Reader Cody Barrick sent in the side-by-side comparison from totallylookslike.com, which shows that the cover of Sabbath’s 1994 album Cross Purposes is nearly identical to that of Scorpions’ 1991 single, “Send Me an Angel.” And… sheesh. It really is a straight-up ripoff, isn’t it? Of course, it’s entirely possible that Sabbath had never seen the Scorpions [...]

SNAP JUDGMENTS OF SLASH’S NEW ALBUM BASED ON THIRTY SECOND SONG SAMPLES

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:11 +0000

So the Australian branch of iTunes has apparently uploaded thirty-second clips of all the songs from Slash’s forthcoming, self-titled solo album, and, of course, someone has uploaded all of those clips to YouTube. Gotta love the internet! So I thought we’d play one of our favorite games here at MetalSucks. It’s called “Let’s make premature [...]

THE BEST REVIEW OF 2010 SO FAR: LOLCAT TAKES ON BURZUM’S BELUS

Axl Rosenberg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:30:45 +0000

To call Burzum’s new album, Belus, “controversial” would be an understatement. The metal community seems divided between those who love it, those who hate it, those who think Varg Vikernes doesn’t deserve due consideration because he’s a bigoted asshole, those who recognize he’s a bigoted asshole but think he’s talented anyway (like our own Sammy [...]

#9: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Vince Neilstein — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:30:01 +0000

When it comes to mixing rap and metal there were obviously bands that did it before Rage Against the Machine, but those bands shouldn’t be credited/blamed for fucking up metal as much as Rage Against the Machine did for the following reasons: They did it on a one-off basis instead of making a career of it. They [...]

COMPLETELY UNREADABLE BAND LOGO OF THE WEEK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARCH IS METAL MONTH! WIN A DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN OPTION PARALYSIS CUBE THINGIE!

Axl Rosenberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:00:37 +0000

Hoo-ray for reader Dave Kaminsky, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the charmingly monikered band, Sphinctral Impalement. Dave wins an autographed copy of Shovel Headed Tour Machine, the excellent new two DVD/CD set from legendary thrashers, Exodus! Cherish it forever, Dave. March is Metal Month rolls on! This week we have a nice [...]

L O S T WITH AS I LAY DYING’S NICK HIPA: FINALLY, SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

Nick Hipa — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:01 +0000

Fellow followers of L O S T, So how was everyone feeling about last week’s episode, “Dr. Linus?” I was certain the writer’s blew a good portion of their load on the previous week’s action-packed “Sundown,” and that with a Ben-centric story, we were just going to get little tidbits of clues regarding the Island and [...]

ITUNES THINKS BRIAN POSEHN HAS SHITTY TASTE IN MUSIC, IS MADE OF FARTS

Axl Rosenberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:27 +0000

Even more new shit! Jeez Louise! We’ve spoken at great length about our love for Brian Posehn, who has to be one of the five funniest stand-up comedians working today. He’s also a colossal metalhead, which is just kind of a bonus, ’cause not only does he make you laugh, but he makes you feel like [...]

PERIPHERY WALK “THE WALK”

Axl Rosenberg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:30:38 +0000

Holy moly, it is just raining new shit today! How many cheesy headlines based around song titles can we really post in one day? At least one more, it seems! ‘Cause Periphery have posted another new track, “The Walk,” on their MySpace page. And I think it’s my favorite Periphery song yet. Those guitars just [...]